I don’t think there is any way of doing this through Home Assistant, so I setup a new Smart Home Skill with this code. I took an alternative route then, by using the RTSP protocol. I tried pointing Alexa to many different HLS streams, even outside HA… all with the same negative results. HLS is the stream protocol that Home Assistant uses, so from my point of view I don’t see any way of making this work as of now. I experimented quite a lot and, not sure about the reason, but HLS streams didn’t work for me… even if Amazon says it works. I haven’t find any way of making Home Assistant’s streams work with Alexa. The cameras configured show up in Alexa, but they are all listed with the subtext “Home Assistant - Live view not supported on this device” Not sure if this matters as Home Assistant should be re-streaming but ? ![]() Cameras are currently using MJPEG but I have other options available to me.Confirmed stream is viewable internally as and that certificate info is valid.Configured “Internal URL” as under Configuration > Settings > General.Configured “Nginx Proxy Manager” add-on from the store to proxy to :8123 with a Let’s Encrypt certificate, works as expected in a browser.Confirmed stream component loaded under Configuration > Settings > Info.These requirements can be satisfied with Home Assistant Cloud, or LetsEncrypt/DuckDNS.Įnable preload stream option for cameras used with echo devices to reduce response time, and prevent timing out before the 6 second limit. The Home Assistant URL must be accessible from the network the Amazon echo device is connected to and must support HTTPS on port 443 with a certificate signed by an Amazon approved certificate authority. The Amazon echo device will request the camera stream from Home Assistant. The stream integration is required to stream cameras to Amazon echo devices. View a camera stream on an Amazon echo device. ![]() The documentation offers the following advice: CAMERA I’m trying to figure out how I can make cameras from my Home Assistant installation viewable on an Echo Show device.
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